Freedom-of-choice rhetoric justifies marketing harmful products.

Evidence

The production and marketing of products that cause harm are often justified on constitutional grounds. The use of such products is regarded as an exercise of people’s freedom of choice; regulations are considered an intrusion of big government into people’s private lives. Shielding faulty products from regulatory efforts protects democratic values. Disputes over justifications of this type are most heated when the public ends up bearing the cost of laissez-faire financial practices and dealing with the personal and environmental harm of the choices that are made. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 365

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 365